This year was my final performance at the University of Maine as my drag persona, “Torriane Debonair”. If someone had told me that is would happen when I was a freshman, I probably would have laughed. Not just because I barely knew what drag was but that someone like me was confident enough to stand […]

Netflix’s Queer Eye reboot has brought with it a new kind of representation: real, healthy queer people using their unique experiences to help others. It shows us a side of the queer identity that we don’t often see, the tender and caring nature within all of us. Queer Eye has brought queer love into the […]

The word “philosophy” means “lover of wisdom”. I’ve always really liked that. It made reading philosophy as a sort of exploration; it felt like there was something to be uncovered and found. What really drew me to philosophy and the study of it was in the first existentialism class I ever took. Each class was […]

While media is often viewed as mere entertainment, it is much more than that: it permeates our culture and influences how we see other people and society. Art is everywhere: in songs on the radio during a morning commute, in advertisements pinned to bulletin boards, in the movies we watch and the games we play. […]

In honor of the constant cold and darkness that define winter, this week I have compiled some helpful self care tips so we can all get through this together! Keep in mind, self care looks different for everyone, and it’s not always face masks and slime-making, but hopefully some these tips will be helpful for […]